Let no one be enrolled as a widow under sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,
Parallel translations
- KJV Let not a widow be taken into the number under threescore years old, having been the wife of one man,
- BSB A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, the wife of one man,
- NKJV Do not let a widow under sixty years old be taken into the number, and not unless she has been the wife of one man,
- NASB A widow is to be put on the list only if she is not less than sixty years old, having been the wife of one man,
- NLT A widow who is put on the list for support must be a woman who is at least sixty years old and was faithful to her husband.
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Cross-references · 8
- 1 Tim 3:2The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
- Luke 2:36–37There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher (she was of a great age, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,
- 1 Tim 5:11But refuse younger widows, for when they have grown wanton against Christ, they desire to marry;
- 1 Tim 5:14I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.
- 1 Cor 7:39–40A wife is bound by law for as long as her husband lives; but if the husband is dead, she is free to be married to whomever she desires, only in the Lord.
- 1 Tim 5:3–4Honor widows who are widows indeed.
- 1 Tim 3:12Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
- 1 Cor 7:10–11But to the married I command — not I, but the Lord — that the wife not leave her husband
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